The La Grange football field isn’t the only playing surface in Fayette County getting a bright green facelift this summer. For the last several weeks an artificial turf infield has been going in at Fayetteville’s SPJST ballpark, home of the reigning state 1A baseball champion Lions.

With one jump into the night sky, Bravion Rogers changed the direction of a football, a game and a young season. In an ending so stunning it almost had to be seen to be believed, the Leps snagged a 35-29 victory from the brink of defeat in the season opener in Rockdale.

J.K. Dobbins’ second season in the NFL has ended before it’s begun. In the Baltimore Ravens’ final preseason game Saturday Dobbins was injured on the team’s opening drive. He was carted off the field and had an MRI on the injury Sunday and several sources have confirmed that the injury is a season-ending ACL tear in his left knee. Dobbins was a star running back for La Grange High School, but missed his entire senior season with a ankle injury before playing three years at Ohio State before being drafted in the second round by the Ravens last year. Last season he ran for 806 yards and nine touchdowns as a rookie.

The 2021 SHS CC Meet on September 2nd at the Schulenburg Sports Complex will raise funds to help the Juarez Family and 2019 graduate and star-runner Benito Juarez recover from their tragic loss of their home on August 11. More details will be made available.

The Fayetteville volleyball team still can’t be beat. The Lady Lions rolled to nine more wins to claim the title at the Rice Consolidated Tournament over the weekend, upping Fayetteville’s record to an amazing 24-0.

The Schulenburg volleyball team went 4-1 last week to win the gold bracket consolation title at the Goliad Tournament. Sandwiched around those matches the Lady Horns also hosted Industrial Friday night, winning in four sets.

The Fayetteville cross country team ran in the Burton Relay Race last week. The boys ran four membership teams with each running 1.5 mile. The girls ran one mile each. The boys team of Reid Gross, Kolton Vasut, Keagan Supak and Cole Fenhaus won the small school division with a time of 36:28 while our other boys team of Jake Kubala, Ty Knight, Cash Smith, and Lawson Fritsch came in 2nd in the small school division with a time of 38:00. The medal picture above is missing Keagan Supak, Jake Kubala, and Lawson Fritsch, who all had to leave for an Ag show. The girls ran in the open division (1 mile) with the following results:

The La Grange drill team marches out onto the field during halftime of Friday’s game. Photos by Jeff Wick Phillip Arceneaux makes a game-saving pass deflection on the third-to-last play of the game.

The Leopard Stadium artificial turf will be ready for the home opener this Friday – with one day to spare. About a month ago, the completion of the project looked in jeopardy after a wetter than normal early summer, but work has progressed quickly the last few weeks and the scheduled completion date is now Thursday Sept.

The Schulenburg Shorthorn football team started its season in strong fashion, going to Stockdale and beating the Brahmas Friday 35-23. Down 7-0 early in the second quarter, Schulenburg scored 28 unanswered points to put the game away.